i did it! i found hondas one bad design. the tensioner on the timing belt on an H22 is a hydraulic, umm, solenoid? its got a little plunger that goes out and its held out by the oil behind it. it holds a heaping 1/4 OZ of oil, and if any leaks out, the timing belt goes limp. if it werent for the valve cover holding the belt down enough to keep it from skipping teeth, it could have screwed the hell out of the engine. bent valves suck. im replacing everything on that side of the motor, and all because something hit the rubber boot and put a tiny little pin hole in it. well, that was enough to let all the oil out of it and let the belt go slack. yeah. what a bunch of crap. oh well, im making a little money i guess, but it sucks that its that easy to kill it. and i feel bad for the guy whos car it is. its an older guy i work with, so im helping him out by doing this pretty cheap.

 

I thought you knew about those things already...

 

what a stupid piece of crap. i knew i didnt trust the Hs for a reason. do you know where to get a manual tensioner instead of that stupid thing? Honda wants 93 bucks for a new one.

 

would you prefer a spring? LOL

the new honda stuff uses a hydraulic tensioner... but thats all using timing CHAINS instead of belts now..

 

They've finally seen Nissan's light... not that their TB motors aren't still the gold standard.

 

Well that sure clears up a lot for me. Thank you very much sacicions. Now mayby I can get my timing belt straight XD

 

i found out how to convert it to a spring. ill let everyone know how it goes. and its only about 5 bucks more than the damn tensioner.